Custom coffee table with suspended sculpture, metallic paint, and glass.

With a Little Help From My Friends (2026)

Materials & Techniques: Rift Sawn White Oak, Peruvian Walnut, Poplar Dowels, Metallic Paint, Glass. 

I had an idea in 2023 or 2024 to create a dowel rod structure with random interlocking connections. The idea was eventually developed into my pieces titled Shortcut, which is a small side table, and With a Little Help From My Friends, which is a coffee table.

The design features the dowel rod sculpture suspended inside of a white oak and Peruvian walnut 3-way mitered frame. I wanted to create a piece that invited the eye to travel the dowel rod sculpture from one outer frame member to the another via the sculpture connections. Shortcut is a play on the size of the side table as well as the density of the sculpture connections. With a Little Help From My Friends is an allusion the Beatles song of the same name and the way the dowels hold each other up above the floor.

With a Little Help From My Friends represents the finest craftsmanship, heirloom quality, and forward thinking design of custom tables made in Oklahoma City.

Dimensions: 42.625” wide, 22.625” deep, 16.625” tall

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